With no regard to the cool weather or the football season, people of all ages came together outside of local churches, donning nothing more than the clothes on their back and cardboard boxes to keep away the wind, to make a statement. The statement that there are people living in poverty and that they are here to remind everyone of that fact.
Arriving by bus after participating in a night long Homeless and Hungry event and fasting for thirty hours, over forty community members came to the New Life Center to lend multiple hands. These gracious folk did everything from washing storm windows, cleaning up the dining hall, sorting quilts and delivering donations gathered from the previous night's event.
Here's a couple nice pictures of these generous people.
And it wasn't just these folk showing up big time. We also received a well-needed monetary donation from a very important program created by State Bank and Trust, "Pay It Forward". This program, introduced by Michael Solberg, President of State Bank, gives employees the ability each year to award a very generous sum of money to their non-profit of choice. This year, multiple people came together to donate a total of $3,000.00 to the New Life Center.
Here is a photo of the check presentation to Dan Danielson, New Life Center CEO:
(l to r: Eric Braun, Eva Walslaski, Eric Fischer, Dan Danielson, Joyce Rude, Matt Stenehjem, Judy Lee)
Our sincere thanks to everyone who participated in the Homeless and Hungry event and the charitable employees of State Bank and Trust, Fargo.
